1999 KIA SEPHIA Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH, AND UPON APPROACHING THE TOLL BOOTH, VEHICLE JUST CUT OFF. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ENGINE PARTS WERE NO GOOD, AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER TO AVOID BEING HIT. ALSO, GAS WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 99V318000 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99V318000/ ENGINE STALLING. NOT ABLE TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY ARE WAITING ON CARPET TO COME IN. ON ENTIRE INSIDE OF VEHICLE THE CARPET IS COMING UNDONE. *AK

RECALL 99V318/ ENGINE STALLING. DEALER'S NEXT AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT IS ON 3/21/2000. *AK

RECALL 99V318/ENGINE STALLING. PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AS OF 3-16-2000 PARTS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

ONGOING /INTERMITTENT STALLING ON 4-5 OCCASIONS. ALSO, A FAULTY WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED.. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

RECEIVED NOTICE #99V31800. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. DAY BEFORE APPOINTMENT WAS INFORMED BY DEALER NO PARTS AVAILABLE. DO NOT KNOW WHEN PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. CONTACTED MFG & GIVEN SAME INFORMATION AS DEALERSHIP. *AK

RECALL # 99V318000 KIA/ENGINE STALLING (304/C305) CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALERHIP EVERY WEEK SINCE DECEMBER 29, 1999. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO SERVICE VEHICLE BECAUSE NO PARTS WERE AVAILBLE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT PARTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE BY MARCH, 2000. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY GIVEN OCCASION. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 99V318000 ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DEALER STATED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHEN CAR STARTED TO HESITATE. CAR STALLED OUT ON THE FREEWAY, AND A 18 WHEELER WAS RIGHT BEHIND IT. CONSUMER FEELS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *AK

SITTING AT CORNER, WAITING FOR LIGHT TO TURN GREEN, PULLED OUT INTO THE INTERSECTIONWHILE MAKING A LEFT, AND VEHICLE STALLED. IT HAD NO POWER, GOING UPHILL OR IN SECOND GEAR. DRIVER COULD PUT FOOT ON PEDAL WHICH WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. BUT HAD NOT ENOUGH POWER, SOME HESITATION. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM ACCELERATING, WHEN EXITING ON TO A HIGHWAY RAMP, THE ONLY WAY THE VEHICLE WILL PICK UP SPEED IS ON A DECLINE. VEHICLE HAS NO POWER AT ALL. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY (REPORTING EMPTY WHEN THER WAS STILL ABOUT 5 GALLONS IN TANK) - DEALER SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED GAUGE, BUT IT IS STILL NOT ACCURATE - ALSO, ENGINE MAKES AWFUL "SQUEALING" SOUND WHEN FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING - DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM ???

THE BRAKES SQUEAK AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED AT 1200 MILES, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN AT 6600 MILES THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THE PADS WERE WORN AND I RETURNED THE CAR TO NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND KIA AND THEY REPLACED THE PADS AND MACHINED THE ROTORS, HOWEVER THE STERING WHEEL SHAKES AND VIBRATES WHEN I DRIVE ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE BRAKES ARE STILL GRINDING. THE STERING WHEEL AND COLUMN VIBRATES AND SHAKES WHEN I DRIVE AT 50+ MPH. AT 6600 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE IS A BURNING SMELL. THE CAR DIES OUT WHEN I AM AT A STAND STILL FOR NO REASON AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I HAVE TO START THE CAR AT LEAST 3 TIMES BEFORE IT TURNS OVER. OVERALL I WOULD SAY THAT I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH THE CAR AND THE MOMENT THAT I CAN TRADE IT IN I PLAN TO DO SO...

WHILE DRIVING, ANOTHER DRIVER INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. PULLED TO SIDE NOTICED ENGINE OIL WAS LEAKING UNDERNEATH. LIFTED HOOD & SMOKE BILLOWED OUT. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER & HAD MECHANIC CORRECT LEAKAGE OF OIL. MJS

VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND DIES AT HIGWAY SPEEDS DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR PINPOINT THE CAUSE OF STALLING. *AK